Canada vs Italy: Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)

Canada
1.57 Percentage of GDP
in 2022
Italy
1.43 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
Canada rank
25th
Italy rank
27th

Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) over time

  • Canada
  • Italy
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 1.57 Percentage of GDP against 1.43 Percentage of GDP in Italy, a difference of 0.14 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Italy ahead.

Canada ranks 25th and Italy ranks 27th of 33 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and Italy in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Italy Difference Ahead
1980s 0.6769 Percentage of GDP 0.9224 Percentage of GDP 0.2455 Percentage of GDP Italy
1990s 0.7914 Percentage of GDP 0.7738 Percentage of GDP 0.0176 Percentage of GDP Canada
2000s 1.11 Percentage of GDP 1.24 Percentage of GDP 0.1356 Percentage of GDP Italy
2010s 1.44 Percentage of GDP 1.38 Percentage of GDP 0.0661 Percentage of GDP Canada
2020s 1.65 Percentage of GDP 1.47 Percentage of GDP 0.1835 Percentage of GDP Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in), Canada or Italy?
Canada, at 1.57 Percentage of GDP against 1.43 Percentage of GDP in Italy as of 2022.
What is the difference in public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in) between Canada and Italy?
0.14 Percentage of GDP, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Italy?
42 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2021.
How do Canada and Italy rank globally for public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in)?
Canada ranks 25th and Italy ranks 27th of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP — Social expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP — Social expenditure
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
43 places, 1,481 data points, 1980–2023
Last refreshed

The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.